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Tiny Desk Contest Winner: Ruby Ibarra

Community and culture are two guiding forces in Ruby Ibarra's music. The Filipina American rapper — and 2025 Tiny Desk Contest winner — is joined by rock legend June Millington and an all-Filipino band.

The drug use survey team worked for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which saw massive staff cuts in the Trump administration overhaul. Cappi Thompson/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption

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They've tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them

The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.

They’ve tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them

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The H5N1 bird flu virus has been raising fears across the country and has spread into dairy cattle. thianchai sitthikongsak/Moment RF/Getty Images hide caption

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The Trump administration cancels plans to develop a bird flu vaccine

The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.

Trump administration cancels plans to develop a bird flu vaccine

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Clockwise left to right: Ana de Armas as Eve in Ballerina. Elio (voiced by Yonas Kibreab) and a liquid supercomputer (voiced by Shirley Henderson) in the new Pixar movie Elio. Archie Madekwe and Théodore Pellerin in Lurker. David Corenswet as Superman. Danielle Deadwyler in 40 Acres. Aubrey Plaza as MG Falcone and Margaret Qualley as Honey O'Donahue in Honey Don't! Murray Close/Lionsgate, Disney/Pixar, MUBI, Alon Amir/Warner Bros. Pictures, Magnolia Pictures, Focus Features. hide caption

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11 movies to watch this summer: Sequels, a new 'Superman,' and edgy originals, too

The coming months will bring a 28 Days Later sequel and a new John Wick movie starring Ana de Armas. Midsommar's Ari Aster has a new Western thriller, and Pixar goes intergalactic.

What's coming in theaters this summer

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"A magical question is a question that everyone in your group is interested in answering" and hearing the responses to, says Priya Parker, a conflict resolution facilitator and author of the 2020 book The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters. Anjali Kamat for NPR hide caption

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Want to cut through small talk? Try asking a 'magical question'

These creative questions are fun to answer and can help reveal people's personalities. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker shares her favorites and explains how to come up with your own.

The connecting power of 'magical questions'

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Hungary inspires U.S. conservatives. Its leader is seen as running a 'dictatorship'

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been called "Trump before there was a Trump." Here's why his reshaping of Hungary's political institutions inspires U.S. conservatives.

Hungary: A model for democratic decay?

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CPAC chair plans more conservative gatherings around the world

Conservative Political Action Conference chairman Matt Schlapp tells NPR's Leila Fadel in the Hungarian capital Budapest that the group is expanding to cities around the globe.

CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp says to expect more conservative gatherings around the world

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: (L-R) Chris Wright, U.S. Energy Secretary (R) and Elana Schor, Senior Washington Editor, Semafor speak on stage during The Semafor 2025 World Economy Summit - Day 3 at Conrad Washington on April 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Semafor ) Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Semafor hide caption

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Trump's energy secretary calls himself a 'climate realist.' What does that mean?

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright is a former oil and gas executive who acknowledges the planet is warming but argues it isn't a crisis. He's now leading an agency charged with developing alternative, climate-friendly energy sources.

A view of the CoreCivic Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California, on Feb. 7, 2025. The private institution has been plagued by allegations of medical negligence, abusive and retaliatory behavior against immigrants, sexual harassment, poor food and water quality and other dangerous conditions. Carlos Moreno/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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This Ethiopian woman was tortured by her government. The U.S. is sending her home anyway

Protection under the United Nations Convention against Torture stops people from being deported to countries that could torture them. Under the Trump administration, critical rights of CAT applicants are being suspended.

An old mine cart is parked outside the Gila County Historical Museum in Globe, Arizona. Mining is still part of the local economy, but many area residents have low-wage jobs that make them eligible for Medicaid. Linda Gross for KFF Health News hide caption

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In a county that backed Trump, people depend on Medicaid and are conflicted about cuts

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Medicaid plays a vital role in many rural communities that favored President Trump in the 2024 election. But residents still seem open to Republican plans to cut perceived waste in the program.

Medicaid cuts in Trump country

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Flowers and stones are left outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 23 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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A shooting outside a Jewish museum raises questions about shifts in political violence

If the suspect in the recent D.C. case planned to kill people because of their Jewish faith, this would represent a major anomaly in lethal, antisemitic violence.

Jewish Museum fatal shooting raises concerns about domestic extremism

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Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate talk to the media outside their residence on March 23, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania. Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images hide caption

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The Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in the United Kingdom

British prosecutors have approved 21 charges against brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, assault and human trafficking

Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in U.K.

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Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a champion of local African languages. Shawn Miller/Library of Congress hide caption

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan literary giant who fought colonialism, dies at 87

The Kenyan author championed local African languages and was imprisoned for his work. His name was often mentioned in discussions about the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kenyan literary giant who fought colonialism, dies at 87

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